In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Twin Cities Area
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown